president zelensky praises his country s resistance against russian forces. translation: auainst russian forces. , ., , translation: auainst russian forces. , ., translation: auainst russianforces. , ., ., are translation: the people of our state are here defending translation: the people of our state are here defending ukraine translation: the people of our state are here defending ukraine for 100 - are here defending ukraine for 100 days already. victory will be ours. glory to ukraine. an impassioned plea from president biden to tighten us gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting of primary school children in texas. a fullsome apology from uefa after the chaos that marred the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid it says no fan should have such a frightening and distressing experience at a match. and parades, parties and pride in britain how the country s celebrating thisjubilee bank holiday weekend. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a serv
between liverpool and real madrid. hello, and a warm welcome to bbc news. good to have you with me this hour. we begin with ukraine. it s 100 days since russia began its invasion. president zelensky marked the occasion by praising the country s resistance. but he s admitted russia now controls one fifth of his country, that nearly 1a million people have been forced to flee and that thousands of civilians have been killed. 0n the ground, vladimir putin s focus is now on the donbas region in the east, where his forces continue to make gains. but the governor of the luhansk region says ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of severodonetsk. if confirmed, it would mean russian forces control only half the city. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin has been with ukrainian troops near bakhmut, one of the next towns in russia s path. a dirt track that leads to a grinding war. we re in donbas, the key battleground. the russians are two miles down the road. this area, around b
it s one hundred days since russia began its invasion of ukraine. president zelensky marked the occasion by praising the country s resistance. but he s admitted russia now controls one fifth of his country, that nearly 1a million people have been forced to flee and that thousands of civilians have been killed. on the ground, vladimir putin s focus is now on the donbas region in the east, where his forces continue to make gains. but the governor of the luhansk region says ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of severodonetsk; if confirmed, it would mean russian forces control only half the city. our international correspondent, orla guerin, has been with ukrainian troops near bakhmut one of the next town s in russia s path. a dirt track that leads to a grinding war. we re in donbas, the key battleground. the russians are two miles down the road. this area, around bakhmut, is still in ukrainian hands, for now. but the enemy is approaching from two sides. troops prepare to f
breaking news. cnn confirming legendary singer david crosby has died. he was 81 years old. plus, a secret meeting between the director of cia and ukraine s president. we hear from a russian official bravely speaking out against putin. and desantis s statement. we are following some breaking news this hour. the legendary singer and songwriter david crosby has died. the grammy winner, two-time rock and roll hall-of-famer was the founder of the birds, crosby, stills and nash. crosby was 81 years old and we re going to have much more ahead in just a few minutes on his life and legacy. there s a song that they have that speaks to us all. we ll be speaking to our own bill leer who interviewed him to mark the 50th anniversary of
even in the face of life or death risk. putin didn t manage to kill him. he was poisoned but he s trying to kill him right now in custody. a bold statement that makes him a clear kremlin target. palyuga who recently signed the letter had to flee but he won t return while putin is in power. everyone i know from the consulars, they all are looking forward to return to russia, but we all understand that we need putin s regime to fall down to do that. putin s regime to fall down. powerful words coming from an official, official from st. petersburg. it comes in the context of president zelenskyy upping the ante on the world stage. zelenskyy says the war will not